Summer Piano Academy
Dr. Tina Park
Co-Artistic Director
Born into a family of musicians, pianist Tina Juan Park (formerly Juan Li) began piano studies at age five. By age seven, she won the First Young Artist Competition in Hubei, China, leading to 13 years of study at the Shanghai Conservatory. In 1998, she immigrated to the United States on a full scholarship to the University of Notre Dame, where she earned a master’s degree in piano performance. She later completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at the University of Minnesota under Professor Alexander Braginsky.
Dr. Park has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Shanghai Symphony, City Orchestra (St. Paul), Brentwood Symphony (St. Louis), Notre Dame Symphony, and Auburn Symphony (California). Notable performances include Schumann’s Concerto with Bethel Philharmonic Orchestra, Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto with City Orchestra, and Mozart’s Concerto K.488 with Auburn Symphony, which was praised as “exquisite and exhilarating.” She has played at venues such as Harris Hall (Aspen Music Festival), Benson Great Hall (St. Paul), Ted Mann Concert Hall (Minneapolis), Annenberg Auditorium (Indiana), and Japan’s Sapporo Art Hall and Shimizu Bunka Kaikan Hall. She has been featured on Free Radio Asian and regularly performs in the Schubert Club Courtroom Concert Series and Rochester Chamber Music Society Artist Concert Series.
As a chamber musician, Dr. Park was one of two fellowship recipients at the Aspen Music Festival and one of eight pianists selected worldwide for the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. She has collaborated with renowned musicians including John Perry, Paul Sperry, Margo Garrett, and Irma Vallecillo, as well as principal players from the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, and Juilliard Orchestra.
A passionate educator, Dr. Park has been an assistant professor of piano at Bethel University since 2005 and is a sought-after adjudicator in Minnesota. She teaches students of all levels and is actively involved in competitions, exams and outreach. In 2024, she founded the Bethel University Summer Piano Academy and is the co-artistic director of this camp. A 2025 Minnesota Arts Board Grant awardee, she will present a special concert in Spring 2026, showcasing interdisciplinary collaborations with diverse art forms.